1 LIFE&ARTS PAGE 8 NEWS PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 6 @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Wednesday, February 26, 2014 dailytexanonline.com bit.ly/dtvid Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 CAMPUS Faculty choose UT childcare By Madlin Mekelberg @madlinbmeke While UT students across campus spend their days studying, there are more than 400 children inger painting, solving puzzles, playing catch and eating snacks at the UT Child Development Center. he center consists of two schools where students, fac- ulty and staf can enroll their children between the ages of six weeks and ive years for year-round childcare. “We divide the children up by their age and we pro- vide developmentally ap- propriate activities to help intellectually, them grow socially physically, and emotionally,” director Hara Cootes said. “We’ve got the leaping frogs class, the dolphins class and other names like that so they can build a community within their classroom.” Maria Perez, a child- care specialist at the center, said she teaches two- and three-year-olds in her “osito class”, or “little bear class.” “In this age group, you can see their cognitive skills start kicking in and they start hav- ing a dialect with their peers and learning about sharing and having respect for each other,” Perez said. “As the CHILDCARE page 2 STUDENT GOVERNMENT GSA elections to include executive alliances The UT Child Development Center offers year-round enroll- ment for children of students, faculty and staff. Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan Staff STUDENT ELECTIONS begin Wednesday at 8 a.m. and end Friday at 5 p.m. Vote at utexasvote.org. UNIVERSITY Drought spurs conservation innovations By Alyssa Mahoney @TheAlyssaM As drought conditions continue to worsen, the Uni- versity is in the process of expanding its water conser- vation eforts by targeting dorm residents’ water usage. Markus Hogue, UT’s irri- gation and water conserva- tion coordinator, said while state legislators are consider- ing water conservation poli- cies, the University already has several water-saving in- technologies cluding an irrigation system that reduced water usage by 66 percent in 2013. he drought will develop, persist or intensify in the majority of Texas at least through May, according to the National Weather Service. in place, “Luckily for UT, they saw it,” Hogue said. “hey saw the writing on the wall, and they started preparing for it. he timing couldn’t have been better. We put [the system] in right when we needed it the most.” he University’s DROUGHT page 2 By Nicole Cobler @nicolecobler When graduate students vote in Graduate Student Assembly elections Wednes- day and hursday, they will choose between executive al- liances running for the presi- dential and vice-presidential positions for the irst time in the organization’s history. In the past, students ran in- dependently, and those elected president and vice president had no say in their partnership. Presidential candidate Frank Male and running mate Virgin- ia Luehrsen will run in alliance against presidential candidate David Villarreal and running mate Brian Wilkey. Both pairs focus on including issues graduate student tuition poli- cies and the need for increased community involvement. Last year, roughly 1,000 of the 11,000 graduate students at UT voted in the elections. Villarreal, a history gradu- ate student, said that he and Wilkey would focus on pro- moting graduate health and self-care, afordable housing, expanding the graduate-stu- dent voice, and maximizing graduate student resources. Villarreal said he chose Wilkey as his running mate be- cause of Wilkey’s desire for ei- ciency in GSA. Although both candidates each have one year of experience in GSA, Villar- real said his close relationship with Columbia Mishra, the current GSA president, makes him qualiied for the position. “In some ways we’re run- ning as outsiders, which I think is actually a strength of ours,” CAMPUS Villarreal said. “he job of the vice president is to manage and run the assembly meetings, and I thought, in many ways, [Wilkey] is already doing this job, so he would be an ideal candidate to carry over.” One of the pair’s biggest goals, Villarreal said, is to in- stitute a campaign to promote mental-health awareness. Vil- larreal, who sufers from narco- lepsy, said he understands the challenges of inding resources on-campus for health issues. “One of the only reasons I learned about disability ser- vices was from a friend,” Vil- larreal said. “People shouldn’t learn about their fundamen- tal rights by word of mouth.” If elected vice president, Wilkey said he hopes to create a central database for all the resources available to gradu- ate students. Wilkey, a human development and family sci- ences graduate student, said students approaching him with questions made him re- alize University services are not well-advertised. “Very oten those resourc- es are available for graduate students, but they are not promoted and oten under- utilized,” Wilkey said. Villarreal has also been working closely with GSA student afairs director Jaime Puente to write a graduate stu- dent bill of rights aimed at cre- ating a baseline minimum sti- pend to help graduate students cope with the cost of living. Wilkey said although he has not worked directly on the bill of rights, it is one of ELECTIONS page 3 By Justin Atkinson @jusatk Students from UT have been named as inalists in an urban design competition alongside groups from Geor- gia Tech, the University of Maryland and Harvard. he Gerald D. Hines Stu- dent Urban Design Competi- tion tasks graduate student teams with creating a de- sign proposal that promotes healthy living for a designated city, with Nashville, Tenn., as this year’s location. he contest requires interdisciplinary co- operation between varied ma- jors to assist with the inancial aspect of land development. UT’s team, led by landscape architecture graduate student Katie Summers, includes ar- chitecture graduate student Yishuen Lo, business adminis- tration graduate student Tarek Salloum, architecture gradu- ate student Mitchell Peterson and architecture graduate stu- dent Mark Christopher Nor- dby. he faculty advisor for the group is architecture professor Simon Atkinson. Summers said the collabo- ration between architecture and business helped to diver- sify the team’s inal product. “We pulled our individual strengths together. We all had a hand in each pieces’ devel- opment,” Summers said. “I think that’s what makes our team so strong, our ability to From top left, clockwise: Presidential candidate Frank Male; vice-presidential candidate Virginia Luehrsen; vice-presidential candidate Brian Wilkey; presidential candidate David Villarreal. Pu Ying Huang / Daily Texan Staff UNIVERSITY Grad students inalists in urban design competition Administrators unsure of transfer credit quality By Leila Ruiz @leilakristi While the University continues its push to in- crease four-year graduation rates, UT oicials said high numbers of transfer cred- its present a challenge to ensuring students receive a quality education while obtaining their UT degrees. At a town hall meet- ing Tuesday to discuss the transformation of the un- dergraduate curriculum the University, Greg at Fenves, vice executive president and provost, said ensuring the quality of the credits transferred to UT is one of the challenges the University faces. According “Students are increasing- ly transferring new credits to their degree at UT Aus- tin, and, at Texas, we have no control of that,” Fenves said. “We don’t have quality control over those courses.” to Fenves, about 80,000 classes are transferred in to the Uni- versity each year, with 25 diferent courses account- ing for about 50 percent of the transfer credits. 2012, the TRANSFER page 3 Since Katie Summers, Mark Nordby and Mitchell Peterson are three members of UT’s team competing in an urban design competition Caleb b. Kuntz / Daily Texan Staff build upon one another.” to him. Salloum, a business gradu- ate student, said becoming a inalist came as a surprise “Whenever I received the URBAN page 3 NEWS OPINION SPORTS LIFE&ARTS ONLINE REASON TO PARTY McCombs’ newest program open to all UT students. PAGE 5 Why Editorial Board was wrong on toilet paper. PAGE 4 Women’s basketball drops TCU after late comeback. PAGE 7 UT’s new online dating site: Hook Up Horns. 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Box D, Austin, TX 78713. 2/26/14 Texan Ad Deadlines Monday .............Wednesday, 12 p.m. Tuesday.................Thursday, 12 p.m. Wednesday................Friday, 12 p.m. Thursday.................Monday, 12 p.m. Friday......................Tuesday, 12 p.m. Classified Word Ads 11 a.m. (Last Business Day Prior to Publication) Trainer Abel Davilla works with amateur boxer Anibal Martinez at Lord’s Gym on North Lamar. Pu Ying Huang / Daily Texan Staff senior Matthew Inman said he felt unprepared for the Calculus 408D class that he used Advanced Placement credits to test into, instead of taking the precursor Calcu- lus 408C class. “I ended up getting a ‘B,’ which isn’t bad, but had I either taken 408C irst or had been more prepared for the class, I probably would’ve done a lot better,” Inman said. Inman said his multiple AP credits will help him graduate on time in 2016. Four-year graduation rates in the Cockrell Engineer- ing School are amongst the lowest at the University at 41 percent. he University is working at both ends of the issue to ind a balance. According to Fenves, the University partners with community colleges around Texas to ensure their course standards meet the rigor of the University. that Laude has worked to improve graduation rates implementing new by programs at targeted freshmen. 360 Connec- tions, places each incom- ing freshman in a small, 20-person that meets once a week, and group Students are increas- ingly transferring new credits to their degree at UT Austin, and, at Texas, we have no control of that. —Greg Fenves Executive vice president the University Leadership Network helps incoming freshmen develop leader- ship and academic skills to graduate in four years. TRANSFER continues from page 1 University has campaigned to increase four-year gradu- ation rates from 52 percent to 70 percent by 2017. David Laude, chemis- try professor and senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation manage- ment, said he did not think these classes transferred held students back in any way that hard work could not overcome. “The residency require- ments do the appropriate job of ensuring that a stu- dent has been assimilated into UT’s intellectual envi- ronment and given an op- portunity to thrive,” Laude said. “There are a great number of students who matriculate without sig- nificant placement credit and perform extremely in my chemistry well course. Hard work is an amazing equalizer.” Petroleum engineering DR continues fr C G CHILDCARE continues from page 1 months go by, you can see how they start growing and developing into the little people that they are.” Perez said she focuses on creating an environment in the classroom where par- ents will feel comfortable dropping their children of for the day. “It’s really exciting to work here with such di- verse families, and I love that we’re able to help both the staf and faculty so that they have childcare and are able to go to work and be at peace,” Perez said. According to Cootes, who has worked at the center since it irst opened in 1992, the close relation- ship between the Univer- sity and the center con- tributes to the quality of the education the children have access to. “We had a parent who made instant ice cream with nitrogen— it was a chemis- try professor,” Cootes said. “We have all of these tal- ents that we exploit, [and] I think that that’s really unusual and brings a rich- ness to our program that other programs don’t have access to.” Admission to the center is competitive — Cootes said the current wait- ing list for admission to the center has more than 700 applicants. “Having a waiting list means that there are some families who can’t use us, and that’s very frustrating,” Cootes said. “I wish we could provide care to ev- eryone who needs it.” Vice Provost Neal Arm- strong is the coordinating administrator of the UT Child Development Cen- ter Faculty Recruitment and Retention program, which is designed to offer spaces at the center to po- tential hires and to faculty members who are consid- ering leaving UT. “To faculty who have families and children and need daycare, it’s an attrac- tive program,” Armstrong said. “If we can provide that kind of help for them, then I think the odds of getting faculty to say ‘yes’ to a po- sition here or to stay here are enhanced.” Cootes said UT’s center is diferent from other uni- versities’ programs. “I really commend the University for having the foresight to start their own program to control the quality and to expand its availability,” Cootes said. “That’s really im- portant, and not all of the universities see that as valuable.” NEWS Wednesday, February 26, 2014 CAMPUS W&N 3 Panelists discuss upcoming India elections By Wynne Davis @wynneelynn A student organization hosted a discussion Tues- day night on the upcoming 2014 elections in India and its current political atmo- featuring English sphere, assistant professor Sne- hal Shingavi and author Rahul Mahajan. he talk, “Is Intolerance on the Rise in India?,” was put on by the Azad Forum for Social Justice, an orga- nization centered on raising awareness about politics in South Asia. Journalism pro- fessor Robert Jensen, who moderated the talk, said it was an opportunity to learn about another part of the world and get an under- standing of how U.S. trends afect other areas. “In the United States, there’s been a growth and appreciation of diversity and multiculturalism along with the need to be tolerant,” Jen- sen said. “But oten tolerance is used as a defense against critical thinking and engage- ment. I think this notion of tolerance without critique is very dangerous, and that’s what we’re here to do tonight.” is the prime ministerial candi- date for the Bharatiya Janata Party, but he is surrounded by controversy because of his alleged involvement in massacres of Muslims in In- Narendra Modi DROUGHT continues from page 1 system detects irrigation breaks and automatically turns the system of. Hogue said that feature alone saved 10 percent, or 10 million gallons, of the system’s over- all usage in 2012. A system program uses live weather data, including factors such as sunlight and humidity, to determine how much water is needed. Hunter Mangrum, an environmental specialist at the University, said UT has installed retroits — new features that are compatible with existing systems — in dormitories with the hope of using less water. In some bath areas, Mangrum said, shower and light timers and low-low toilets, urinals, shower heads and faucets were installed. Mangrum said the CAMPUS water-saving techniques the University can imple- ment in older buildings may be limited. “We still have major hurdles, and a lot of times that has to do with how buildings are built and ev- erything that we try to pack into a building,” Man- grum said. “hat’s not just a UT problem. hat’s a global problem.” Hogue said the University has saved water by chang- ing the outdoor landscape surrounding the buildings. According to Hogue, the University’s landscaping master plan will allow the University to include more drought-resistant plants. “Students suggested, ‘Let’s change out the landscape, so we changed out the land- scape,’” Hogue said. “We put in plants that are used to the Texas weather and used to the English assistant professor Snehal Shingavi and author Rahul Mahajan discuss the rise of religious nationalism in the context of the upcoming 2014 election in India at the Belo Center for New Media on Tuesday night. Mengwen Cao / Daily Texan Staff dia, according to Mahajan. Mahajan said Modi has not been held accountable for his involvement in the mas- sacres in the 12 years since they occurred. “It’s quite a remarkable thing — a politician who is deeply involved in a se- ries of massacres that prob- ably claimed 2000 lives, and then, later in 2002, es- sentially campaigns on the basis of the massacres,” Ma- hajan said. “he problem with iguring out all of the details of this is that the in- vestigations were done in a context where [those ques- tioned] were subject to large amounts of coercion.” he latest polls show Modi is headed toward a victory in the upcoming election, Mahajan said. In order to add context to Modi’s candidacy, Shingavi said Hindutva, an invented phenomenon meant to re- vitalize the Hindu religion and culture, is associated with the massacres but is not meant to be violent. Parvathy Prem, an aero- space engineering gradu- ate student, said she came to the fully understand progression that led to the current state in India and get opinions on the mat- ter, as she has thought a lot about the matter in the last few months. thought “As an Indian, I think the upcoming elections are important,” Prem hugely said. “I also it was interesting that both speakers thought the way to go about ighting com- munalism is going about economic change.” Hunter Man- grum, the environmentalist specialist for the Division of Housing and Food Services, describes the University’s rain-water reuse system that was constructed outside of Jester West last September. Caleb B. Kuntz Daily Texan Staff Texas environment — huge water reduction.” Mangrum said he thinks student input is important to making water conserva- tion a priority on campus. “What I would like to see in three years [or] ive years are students consciously think- ing about when they turn on a sink faucet and how long it’s on for,” Mangrum said. “Even a bigger dream than that is that students have so much buy-in that they are creating the new technologies.” Hogue said he’s working on a project that will have real- time data of the water usage of every building and area on campus, and he is working with other universities and as- sociations who are interested in making similar changes. “Not only are we sav- ing [water] on campus, but think of the impact we’re having on our community [by] spreading the word,” Hogue said. Grant winner studies developing language By Leila Ruiz @leilakristi awarded he National Science Foundation a $15,107 grant to linguistics graduate student Lynn Hou to be used to research the emergence of a new signed language in the Oaxaca re- gion of Mexico. Hou was visiting a col- league’s home villages, sister communities San Juan Qui- ahije and Cieneguilla, when she noticed an abnormal- ity in the communication of deaf people there. “I was impressed by how they had their own signs that did not appear to be related to Mexican Sign Language … and how they could commu- nicate with hearing people of varying degrees of luen- cy,” Hou said in an email. “I wanted to learn more about the lives of the deaf people in San Juan and Cien.” It was there that Hou real- ized it was an emerging new language, which has been unoicially named Chatino Sign Language by Hou and her colleagues. “We have a natural situa- tion, something that could not be replicated in a labora- tory setting, where the chil- dren are acquiring a young language and are most likely contributing to the structure of the language by creating more new signs,” Hou said. Hou plans to use the re- search money to return to Cien and San Juan and ob- serve the interactions be- tween 10 deaf children and members of their communi- ties for nine to 12 months. Richard Meier, head of the linguistics department and Hou’s dissertation advisor, said he believed that because Hou is a deaf researcher, she will be particularly aware of the subtle nuances of signs and gestures of the deaf peo- ple of Oaxaca. “[Hou and research col- league Kate Mesh] have been able to trace certain signs for negation in Cha- tino Sign Language to the gestures that are widely used by deaf and hearing people in this part of Mex- ico,” Meier said. “hey also have evidence that the use of these gestures becomes in more systematized Chatino Sign Language.” Biology sophomore Jes- sica Bolen, who is minoring in linguistics, said part of the draw to studying emerging languages is because these new languages oten appear in cultures and places most would never expect. emerging “Most, if not all, of the teachers I have do their re- search on things like this languages — that show it’s a huge cul- tural impact and some- thing people will always be studying and learning from,” Bolen said. UNIVERSITY McCombs debuts interdisciplinary certiicate program By Nicole Bueno @itsmorebueno he Business and Public Policy Program, a new cer- tiicate program ofered by the business school to all majors, will launch in fall 2014 ater being approved last month by the McCombs School of Business. hree years ago, ive pro- fessors created the busi- ness, government and so- ciety department within the McCombs school, the irst new department in the business school in 50 law years. David Spence, and business professor, said the group founded the pro- gram as a way to keep up with the changing demands of businesses. “We responded to part of a trend of the business school to devote increasing attention to the relations be- tween business and govern- ment,” Spence said. “Lots of people who aren’t business majors will go on to work in the private sector.” he program requires 18 hours, nine of which are speciic to the department. In addition, certiicate can- didates will get admission priority if they choose to par- ticipate in the Washington Campus program, recently ofered by the University as an alternative to the required “Issues and Polices in Ameri- can Government” credit. David Platt, associate dean for undergraduate programs in the McCombs school, said the program is a collaboration between pro- fessors from across campus. “Businesses exist in the larger context of the world around them,” Platt said. “he business and public policy certiicate program is the outcome of much thought and preparation by BGS … to respond to the interests and career goals of UT Austin students.” Robert Prentice, busi- ness professor and the new department’s chair, said the interconnection seems to be getting stronger within eth- ics and business. “Business students need more of a liberal arts edge to get a diferent view,” Prentice said. Although no summer classes will be ofered, stu- dents can take the three classes starting fall 2014. they will said Prentice accept around 40 students into the certiicate program. he program is accepting applications until March 1, though Prentice said exten- sions will be readily granted. “I wish I had been able to take something like this, and we want everyone to have enough time, so it’s deinitely a sot deadline,” Prentice said. In the future, Prentice said he would love to crat the program into a major, but the certiicate program will remain as an indepen- dent program open to all UT students. 3 ELECTIONS continues from page 1 the most important things he and Villarreal hope to con- tinue pushing if elected. “It kind of goes unmentioned because it is priority number one for us,” Wilkey said. “hat’s something that afects change at a campus-wide level.” Wilkey and Villarreal both said their four platform points contribute to their overall goal of increasing representa- tion for graduate students. According to Wilkey, only about 60 percent of GSA members show up to the as- sembly’s meetings. “We claim to speak as a rep- resentative body for all gradu- ate students,” Wilkey said. Physics graduate student Frank Male and information studies graduate student Vir- ginia Luehrsen will run on a platform centered on graduate student housing, community, time-to-degree and dismissal procedures. Male and Lueh- rsen are both currently in their third year as GSA members. Luehrsen said the positive feedback she’s received from her department prompted her to run for the vice-presidential seat, and she asked Male to join her at the top of the ticket. “I’ve been in [GSA] for so long, and it’s important to me that it stays strong,” Luehrsen said. he 99-hour rule is one of Male’s main concerns. Current- ly, if graduate students exceed 99 hours in pursuit of their degrees, they may be subject to out-of-state tuition. “Graduate students tend to already live on a shoe- string budget so having that happen would just be devas- tating,” Male said. Male said he also hopes to expand the current Mile- stones Agreement Program, which was created to help individual graduate students stay on track for inishing their degree. Male said the current system oten noti- ies students they are being dismissed only several weeks before the end of a semester. “Because it’s so nebulous, it’s diicult to know how well you’re achieving your goals and working towards gradua- tion,” Male said. Luehrsen said the duo’s ex- periences in GSA make them a good combination to help broaden the scope of what the organization can do. “Between my skill set of navigating with the other legislative student organi- zations and my ability to network with representa- tives in other departments, and [Male’s] working with administration, makes a really good combination,” Luehrsen said. URBAN continues from page 1 email from [Summers], I could not believe it at irst,” Salloum said. “It was surreal for me. he irst picture that came to mind was our irst meeting back in November at Cafe Medici. Here we are, ater four months, and a dream is coming true. We are deinitely closer now.” According to Lo, the team’s development plan, Green- heart Village, focuses on es- tablishing a new model of urban living and rebranding Nashville as an active, healthy and engaged community. landscape “he design utilizes adap- tive infrastructure, such as buildings, and streets, to respond to eco- logical, social and economic changes,” Lo said. “Land use and programs inside buildings would change depending on market demands. So, instead of presenting buildings as static products, the design rec- ognizes that buildings could adapt and change over time.” he graduate student teams from all four universities will make their inal presenta- tions April 3. Summers said the team’s success could mean larger recognition for UT’s ar- chitecture program. “I think we have a strong proposal that we can build off of for the final presen- tation in April,” Summers said. “We have a lot of work ahead, but I think it will pay off with a win — not only for ourselves but for the University.” 4A OPINION LAURA WRIGHT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / @TexanEditorial Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4 ENDORSEMENTS COLUMN Campus-wide SG choices Editor’s note: hese endorsements were originally published Tuesday, February 25. Voting begins Wednesday at 8 a.m. at utexasvote.org. Our editorial board will republish these endorsements through hursday, February 27, when the polls will close at 5 p.m, in an attempt to provide students with a convenient guide to the myriad elections occurring this semester. Executive Alliance his Wednesday and hursday we en- courage you to vote Rady-Strickland for executive alliance. While both teams are highly qualiied, we’re persuaded by Rady- Strickland’s realistic goals and strong under- standing of the limitations of Student Gov- ernment. Although their platform points are less ambitious than their opponents, Rady- Strickland’s recognition of the importance of relationships with administrators will provide their legislation with a smoother road to enactment. University-Wide Representative Mauricio Garcia, government senior: As a transfer student from UT-Browns- greater ville, Garcia will encourage representation in Student Government of of- ten-overlooked groups of which he himself is a member: students from the Valley and transfer students. Taral Patel, biology sophomore: he ire- brand of the bunch, Patel wants to refo- cus Student Government legislation away from unimportant issues like toilet paper ply count and onto serious issues, such as sexual assault. Braydon Jones, government junior: As chief of staf for current Student Body Presi- dent Horacio Villarreal and Student Body Vice-President Ugeo Williams, Jones is the best-qualiied candidate for the position and won us over with his deep understanding of Shared Services. Maira Jorge, anthropology junior: Jorge impressed us with her support for undocu- mented Longhorns as well as her desire to eventually work in University student afairs. Lee Lueder, inance, Plan II and business honors junior: Lueder spoke persuasively during the debate on requiring Student Government members to attend other stu- dent organization meetings, an important step toward increasing SG involvement on campus. COLUMN Campus conversation on Shared Services has been too one-sided By Andrew Clark Guest Columnist As the Senate of College Councils president, I’ve written for the Texan on a number of Uni- versity-related issues, the majority of which the organization I represent had taken a stance on. Today, however, I am writing about an issue, Shared Services, which Senate has not yet spo- ken on, and, consequently, these thoughts are only my own and not those of Senate. Shared Services came about as a part of the Report on Business Productivity, in which business leaders examined the operations of UT to determine areas where the campus could optimize eiciency. Although there has been a robust dialogue on this project so far, it feels at times like only the side of the detractors is being told. here are a few recent examples of this one- sidedness. First, a January Faculty Council meeting where some faculty members inserted politically charged language into an other- wise well-intentioned resolution questioning Shared Services. Second, a Feb. 7 protest or- chestrated by the Texas State Employees Union and the UT Save Our Community Coalition condemning the University. Finally, there was even a recent tongue-in-cheek denunciation of McCombs School of Business Dean Tom Gil- ligan’s position on Shared Services published in this newspaper. hese dramatic reactions create a dialogue that is harmful to the whole process and prohibit a reasoned debate. One major call from detractors of the pro- posed plan is that they want to see the data which has led the University to consider Shared Services. Some of these detractors even imply that the University’s inability to produce data immediately means that it has something to hide. his is simply not the truth. When UT contracted the consulting irm Accenture to work on the Task Force on Busi- ness Productivity, the irm was charged with examining UT operations to locate ineicien- cies. Using professional expertise and informa- tion on UT, they made the determination that the University could save up to $30 million an- nually by centralizing operations like human resources, payroll, IT and procurement. Vice President and Chief Financial Oicer Kevin Hegarty then assembled multiple committees made up of UT staf and faculty to examine the claim and verify its validity. It was determined that the igures were accurate, and so Hegarty spent the better part of the fall semester attend- ing meetings and hosting town hall forums to engage as many people as possible on the project and solicit feedback from the campus. he data people seek is forthcoming, but it will not be here until units such as the College of Liberal Arts and the McCombs School of Busi- What we really need is the return of an informed dialogue on Shared Services, rather than charged rhetoric on data and Accenture. ness, both of which are part of a pilot Shared Services program designed to see how much the model could actually save, have completed their trial runs of the program. he claim that the campus is jumping into something without adequate information is false. he process has been reasoned, public and cautious. Admittedly, the involvement of Accenture in Shared Services is a complicated subject, which certainly could have been more trans- parent. Much has been said about Accenture’s spotty history with the State of Texas, during which several contracts between the state and the company were canceled for their failure to provide the services requested. he sentiment among detractors of the Shared Services project seems to be that, because Accenture’s services were once inadequate, their eforts at UT are destined to fail. he logic of this argument seems to line up with the old saying about throwing the baby out with the bath wa- ter. Just because some of Accenture’s employees may have made mistakes in the past does not mean the entire company is full of people who cannot be trusted to deliver on their contract. With as much as Accenture recruits new hires on our campus, I would guess that many up- perclassmen are like me and have friends em- ployed by Accenture. Certainly in my case, their character didn’t change by being attached to the name Accenture. Shared services is not an uncommon prac- tice; it has been implemented by several other large universities and systems, such as the University of California institutions, Michi- gan, UNC, Wisconsin, Purdue, NYU and Yale to varying degrees. It has long been a prac- tice in the private sector, too. Why? Because it increases eiciency and thus lowers overall costs. In today’s iscal climate, every dollar matters. Any improvement that can be made beneits the University and all of its students, faculty and staf. It is absolutely true that los- ing 500 jobs, as the report calls for, would be a major change to the status quo. However, this reform will be done largely through attrition; the alternative to implementing Shared Ser- vices, by keeping the current course, would re- sult in layofs. And, as Faculty Council Chair- woman Hillary Hart reported at the January meeting, UT is already averaging 250 layofs annually. In this situation, not only does the University sacriice eiciency, but people who want to work here are losing their jobs. What we really need is the return of an in- formed dialogue on Shared Services, rather than charged rhetoric on data and Accenture. Moreover, this process needs to be driven by those potentially afected by this project: the University’s hardworking staf members. It is disappointing to say the least when a fac- ulty member who disagrees with the idea of Shared Services calls the president of the Staf Council a “lackey” for being open to a pilot program. his is not an environment that en- courages reasoned debate on the merits of the University’s plan or lack thereof. Let’s be open to the idea of a pilot program, so that this can be studied further. his is an opportunity to- day to help shape UT for the future and we should not allow it to be squandered. studies senior. Editorial board wrong to call out SG’s eforts on toilet paper ings from economies of scale. he University would also enjoy the same savings of reallo- cated custodial labor time due to less tissue replenishment — higher-quality materials, of course, result in less usage. As for the board’s complaint about AR 29 being non-binding, Woolley-MacMath said, “As anyone who has ever attended an SG meeting would know, all legislation is non- binding. However, administrators and stu- dents respect SG and are reasonable about making changes. And, as the legislation shows, Facility Services is willing to inan- cially support this legislation.” he board also called out the co-authors for citing UT Facilities Custodial Services for possible inancial support when those entities do “not manage or supply bath tis- sue to auxiliaries of the University, [which are not] addressed by Woolley-MacMath’s legislation.” Auxiliary buildings actually are covered by the legislation, which clearly re- solves that “the University of Texas at Austin Student Government recommends a change on a University-wide scale to supplying rest- rooms with two-ply, environmentally friend- ly bath tissue.” hough the co-authors of the legislation did not explicitly address costs of changes to the few auxiliary buildings still equipped with one-ply, they generalized cost allocations ater seeing that costs of similar changes at Texas Christian University were described by administrators as “negligible.” An editorial scoing at legislation that was from and for the students — from an authori- tative board in the oicial student newspaper, no less — does not beneit anybody. Instead, it makes students uncomfortable with voic- ing real concerns to their representatives and makes it that much more complicated to se- cure funding from administration. Neither of the co-authors asked for pub- licity when they decided to write that piece of legislation. When TCU’s Student Govern- ment made the move to two-ply, they made national news in an extremely positive, albeit amused, light. When our University’s SG tries to quietly make the same student-initiated change, it’s publicly criticized instead. “SG covers student life issues, and this is a student life issue,” Woolley-MacMath said. “We’re just doing our job.” he people that this legislation could afect the most, however, are not the students but the custodial staf. “If you ask all of the custodial staf in DHFS, they really prefer where we’re at with the two-ply paper now,” Early said. “It makes their job easier because they only have to change the roll one to two times a week in- stead of daily.” he editorial mocked the legislation purely because it was about a detail of facility sup- plies. Well, that’s exactly what all of our cus- todial staf dedicates their time to every day — the details of facilities — and by calling the legislation a ‘bullshit cause,’ they are dis- counting the hard work of all the custodians dedicated to serving students. “I love my job,” said Custodial Services Manager Andrew Yanez, who supports the legislation. “Our custodians impact students every day with the work they do, and I love seeing the fruits of my eforts while remain- ing behind the scenes. I want to serve without being in the spotlight.” It’s about time that we let SG do the same. Huynh is a Plan II and business honors By Rachel Huynh Daily Texan Columnist @racheljhuynh his paper’s editorial board recently pub- lished an editorial criticizing Student Gov- ernment for its upcoming legislation in favor of two-ply bath tissue on the basis that the issue was a trivial cause unworthy of Univer- sity time or resources. he Texan editorial board, however, was wrong. When compared to some of SG’s more substantial initiatives — like Invest in Texas or the creation of the Student Activity Center — it may at irst be diicult to see why a push for moving from one- to two-ply bath tissue is important. But I’m here to tell you that AR 29 is bare- ly about bath tissue. It’s about SG actually listening to students’ concerns and acting on them, no matter how trivial those causes may seem. “his legislation is a concrete way to show students that SG is actually listening,” said Liam Woolley-MacMath, McCombs repre- sentative and legislation co-author. “Students have been complaining about campus bath tissue since at least 2008, and it’s become a disappointment that their needs are ignored year ater year.” And there is clear student support for the change. he Undergraduate Business Council, known as UBC, of which I am a member, took a unanimous vote in favor of the legislation. “Generally, UBC is extremely critical of leg- islation and oten votes against pieces,” Wool- ley-MacMath said. “A unanimous ‘yes’ from the oicial student governing body of Mc- Combs shows that students really do want it.” he editorial board’s other complaints about the resolution were that the legislation is non-binding, and, if enacted, would in- crease costs and would not afect all facilities on campus. It’s obvious that any update to campus fa- cilities would increase costs. But, in this case, the University is open to absorbing them. he legislation included a quote from asso- ciate dean for business afairs Susie Brown, in which Brown said that “If [SG] can show enough folks are seeking the change, it will be easier for UT Facilities to justify the cost increase.” Student support, in other words, is vital for securing funding from the UT administration. Additionally, since some facilities like the SAC are currently equipped with two-ply bath tissue, increasing the two-ply order from one building’s worth to a whole Uni- versity’s worth should bring in major sav- By calling the legislation a ‘bullshit cause,’ they are dis- counting the hard work of all the custodians dedicated to serving students. ENDORSEMENTS College-speciic representatives Editor’s note: hese endorsements were originally published on Tuesday, February 25. Voting begins Wednesday at 8 a.m. at utexasvote.org. 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Head coach Carol Cap- itani said one of the team’s main motivations is con- tinuing the tradition of quality the program has established. “Each day, during the week leading up to the champion- conference ship, players will have a chance to come with an inspirational quote and have a chance to share with the team,” Capitani said. “It is a good indi- cator of progress made between freshman and senior years.” “Nothing is for grant- ed,” Capitani said. “We need to go win the Big 12. he best athletes want to be good.” —Alpesh Patel Carol Capitani Women’s head coach Horns chase 18th title in a row this weekend he No. 8 Longhorns men’s swimming and div- ing team will look to claim its 18th consecutive Big 12 title at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center this weekend. Texas has won ev- ery league title since the tournament began in 1996 and has earned 34 champion- conference ships under head coach Eddie Reese. “We have real good guys that buy into the program,” Reese said. “hey know what delayed gratiication is and work hard from September un- til now to prepare.” Ater another strong season, the Longhorn men are favored to win the title this weekend. “his is a meet where you’re going to see real good swimmers,” Reese said. “You’re going to see a number of people that will be on the 2016 Olym- pic team, and when the NCAA’s come here, you will see a lot of them that are going to be there.” his weekend‘s meet will feature the Long- horns, TCU and West Virginia, the only three Big 12 schools that com- pete in men’s aquatics. Texas claimed the 2013 Big 12 title against the same two schools with 985 total points. “We’ve got probably three or four good guys in each event, they’ve got one or two,” Reese said. “here’s going to be some real competitive races.” —Courtney Norris Texas sophomore guard Brady Sanders drives to the hoop during Texas’ 62-50 win over TCU on Tuesday. Sanders, who celebrated her 21st birthday Tuesday, inished with nine points on 4-for-9 shooting and added four rebounds. Second-half surge topples TCU Jonathan Garza / Daily Texan Staff By Rachel Wenzlaff @RachelWenzlaff Tuesday night’s game didn’t put a damper on sophomore guard Brady Sanders’s 21st birthday, as the Longhorns came back to post a solid 62- 50 victory over TCU. “No one want [wants] to lose at home, and no one wants to lose on their birth- day,” center sophomore Imani McGee-Staford said. “So, not only did we want to protect the drum, but it’s [Sanders’] birthday and we wanted to send her home with the ‘W.’” Despite the birthday cel- ebration by the team, it was uncommonly quiet in the Frank Erwin Center; the only signiicant applause of the irst half came when junior forward Nneka Enemkpali got back on her feet ater tak- ing a hard fall late in the irst. Crowd energy is an im- portant motivating factor for the Longhorns and having minimal enthusiasm from the stands didn’t help Texas early. he Longhorns didn’t play well in the irst half and trailed by seven at half to one of the Big 12’s worst teams. But Texas knew this was a game they couldn’t aford to lose. “Gotta protect the drum,” said McGee-Staford, who grabbed a season-high 17 re- bounds. “We’ve come this far. We’re not trying to give it up.” It was a big game for re- demption. Earlier this sea- son, TCU beat Texas for the irst time in series his- tory. he Horned Frogs held Texas to its lowest shooting percentage during conference play — 30.4 percent — and it was the only game this season in which no Texas player re- corded double-digit points. Texas came out of the locker room running in the second half. Two free throws by Enemkpali were imme- diately followed by a layup from senior guard Chassidy Fussell. he crowd inally stood up and the sound of cheering illed the arena. “I thought our team came out of the half and just de- cided that they were going to win the game on the de- fensive end and on the back- boards,” head coach Karen Aston said. Texas snagged 55 rebounds to TCU’s 29. he Longhorns weren’t as quick to the bas- ket in the remainder of the second period. But, ater ju- nior guard Krystle Hender- son’s three-pointer broke the Longhorns out of their dei- cit to put Texas up by two, the Longhorns calmed down and became more consistent in their shooting, leading to their 12-point win. MEN’S BASKETBALL BASEBALL | TEXAS 2, UT-PAN AM 1 Streaking Bears claw for tournament berth By Stefan Scraield @stefanscraield Baylor @ Texas Despite losing both of its games last week by a com- bined 40 points, No. 24 Texas managed to hold on to an AP Top 25 ranking this week. he Longhorns (20-7, 9-5 Big 12), who have as many losses as most teams ranked in the top 25, will have their hands full yet again Wednes- day night as a striking Baylor team comes to the Frank Er- win Center. he Bears (18-9, 6-8 Big 12) fell victim to the Big 12’s in Janu- incredible depth ary, losing six of their irst seven conference games. But February has been a difer- ent story — Baylor has won ive of its seven contests this month and rolls into Austin on a four-game win streak. Texas was one of many teams who took advantage of Baylor’s struggles last month, thrashing the Bears in Waco, 74–60. he contest proved to be a breakout game for freshman point guard Isa- iah Taylor. he youngster had a career-high 27 points, most of which came via his signature loater. Day: Wednesday Time: 8 p.m. On air: ESPNU Baylor’s zone defense strug- gled mightily throughout the game, leaving many open mid-range opportunities for the Longhorns. Baylor is the only team in the Big 12 that can match up against Texas’ size inside, so head coach Rick Barnes will need his guards to continue to be active in the middle of that zone in order for the ofense to be efective. increasingly For the Longhorns, the season’s last four games have become im- portant. Once the clear-cut runner-up in the conference, Texas has fallen to third in the standings and has the potential to tumble even fur- ther. With just four games separating the second- and ninth-place teams in the Big 12, Texas could ind itself closer to the league’s cellar than its ceiling if the losses continue to mount. Texas freshman pitcher Morgan Cooper pitches in the eighth inning of the Longhorns’ extra-innings win. Cooper pitched one inning of scoreless relief, allowing only one hit. Felts comes of bench, wins game Caleb Kuntz / Daily Texan Staff By Evan Berkowitz @Evan_Berkowitz In front of a small crowd Tuesday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, No. 15 Tex- as walked of in 11 innings against UT-Pan American behind a two-out single from senior catcher Jacob Felts, who came in as a defensive replacement in the 10th. “I was thankful to get the opportunity,” said Felts, who, ater three years of starting, has found him- self on the bench. “It’s been tough waiting. [A walk of] always feels good.” he Longhorns (6-3) were behind the whole game, struggling to get the ofense rolling. It appeared that UTPA (5-4) was on its way to beating Texas for the irst time since 1971 behind the arm of junior pitcher Alex Henson. Henson shut down the Texas ofense, limiting the Longhorns to just two hits in six innings, including stopping hot-hitting senior outielder Mark Payton in three at-bats. “heir pitcher kept us of balance,” head coach Augie Garrido said. “He did a re- ally good job, and we got into a rut of lobbing ly balls and rolling over balls.” Entering the bottom of the ninth, Texas had only mustered two hits and trailed 1-0. But they were inally able to scratch across a run in the bottom of the ninth on three walks and a sac ly from sophomore out- ielder Ben Johnson. While the Longhorns struggled at the plate, the pitching staf kept them in the game, putting eight dif- ferent pitchers on the bump. Sophomore pitcher John Curtiss got the start for the Longhorns — the plan was for him to go just two in- nings. It was the irst time pitching for Curtiss since May 24, 2012, when he hurt his rotators cuf in the Big 12 Tournament and re- quired surgery. Curtiss al- lowed just one hit in those two innings, keeping the Broncos of the board. “It felt really good,” Cur- tiss said. “I feel great and the arm feels healthy.” Freshman pitcher Josh Sawyer followed Curtiss but wasn’t quite as lucky. A single to the right and hard- luck blooper bunt single gave UTPA the irst threat of the game. But, ater a pop out and a caught stealing, it looked as though Sawyer may have found his way out of the inning. UTPA junior inielder Jesus Garcia had other plans, ripping a two- out pitch to center to give them the early 1-0 lead. he six other pitchers for Texas combined for 10 shut- out innings, including the i- nal three from senior Nathan hornhill who picked up his second win on the season. So, despite being outhit 10-4, Texas was able to es- cape with the win. “Runs determine the out- come, not hits,” Garrido said. “We played the last two in- nings diferently than the irst nine. It was about the end, and these guys got rewarded.” Shelby Tauber / Daily Texan Staff Freshman point guard Isaiah Taylor attempts a layup against Kansas last Saturday. Taylor inished 1-for-14 in the contest. 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That was the driving force behind it.” Business sophomore Kylie Adler is a friend of Kilaghbian and a member of Hook Up Horns. Adler was there when the idea for Hook Up Horns was initially born. “One day, Kilaghbian and I were sitting in the SAC between classes, and he told me that he was interested in developing an app or some- thing of that sort,” Adler said. “I was on my laptop and saw some post on the UT Facebook page about a guy looking for a girlfriend based off of his ‘require- ments,’ and [Kilaghbian] was inspired.” Hook Up Horns took shape as a dating web- site that allowed students to personalize what kind they de- of relationship sire. When creating an ac- count on the website, a user is allowed to specify whether they’re looking for a date, a “hook-up” or just a friendship. “Hook up Horns was meant to encompass all types relationships,” Kilagh- of bian said. “I think, a lot of the times, the problem is that people have a hard time moving friend- from the ship stage to the relationship stage, or they meet someone at a bar, and they hit it of, but it just never quite gets to that point. So it’s good to have a platform where everyone knows that [a relationship] is the goal.” Although Hook Up Horns for students, is designed there are no restrictions keeping non-students from joining. he site only re- quires a name, a birthday, an email and a ZIP code for us- ers to join. for ready Once Hook Up Horns was launch, Kilaghbian and his friends advertised around campus. They put up posters on campus and in West Cam- pus, in dorms, posted the website on Facebook pages and passed out flyers to people on the street. Although the site has ad- vertisements and an option for users to pay to promote their proiles, Hook Up Horns does not turn a prof- it. Kiaghbian said he has no MUSIC John Laird is the founder of Side One Track One, which is one of the nine music blogs housed within the Austin Music Blogger Alliance. Photo courtesy of Pooneh Ghana Awards show to recognize local bands and music industry workers By Samantha Grasso @samjgrasso Austin Music People and the newly formed Austin Music Blogger Alliance have joined forces to pay tribute to unrecognized bands and in- dustry workers of the Austin music scene. his year, the two groups are collaborating to host the 2013 Austin Music Blogger Awards, a night to celebrate the city’s best local musicians of 2013 as nominated by members of the alliance. In addition, the awards show will feature Aus- tin Music People’s Austin Mu- sic Industry Awards, which fo- cus on celebrating individuals who work behind the scenes in the Austin music industry. John Laird, founder of Side One Track One, one of the nine music blogs within the alliance, said, although the group origi- nally met last summer to dis- cuss ways to become a stron- ger resource for local artists, it wasn’t until early January of this year that the idea was proposed to host the irst ever Austin Music Blogger Awards, known as AMBAs. he idea of forming an alliance shortly followed. “[Chris Apollo from the blog Republic of Austin] was like, ‘Hey, I have an idea to do a blogger awards, what do you guys think?’” Laird said. “So it just came together super fast. As that was coming together, we were like, ‘Well, maybe we should have this blogger alli- ance, and maybe the AMBAs can be a kick-of thing for that.’” While organizing the AM- BAs, Laird said Apollo origi- nally envisioned partnering with Austin Music People, known as AMP, the nonproit advocacy group for “brands, bands, and fans” of the Austin music industry. At the show, AMP will present awards for categories such as “best venue sound engineer,” “best local music promoter” and “best concert tech,” and all ticket sales will go to the group. “here are service industry workers that are the reason we’re the Live Music Capital of the World,” AMP executive di- rector Jennifer Houlihan said. “here are 10 people behind the scenes for every one that’s on stage. A lot of times nobody is getting rich of it. hey do it because they love it. If we can, as a nonproit, [say], ‘You are noticed. We do appreciate your contribution. We do recognize that … it takes a village to make this happen,’ then we’re grateful for that opportunity.” While Laird said put- ting the event together in six weeks was initially chaotic, the alliance pushed for the quick turnaround in order to host the awards before South by Southwest. he lineup for the night includes A Giant Dog, MIRROR TRAVEL, Shivery Shakes, Orthy, Magna Carda and Jess Williamson. “We want to be just one level below [Pitchfork-level AUSTIN MUSIC BLOGGER AWARDS When: Thursday, doors at 7:30 p.m., show at 8:30 p.m. Where: Spider House Cafe and Ballroom Cost: $12 in advance coverage] for bands that are on the way to that, but we just want to give them a push and show some recognition for the fact that they’re grind- ing it out day in and day out — trying to be where those other bands are,” Laird said. “Not only is that a relec- tion of all the bands that are playing that night but all the nominees [too]. … It’s a great way to support the scene.” Dougie Do, keyboarder for the Austin hip-hop band Magna Carda, said being cho- sen to perform at the AMBAs didn’t faze him until he saw the large amount of attention the event was generating. In addition to performing at the awards show, Magna Carda’s song “Shoes $ Money” is also nominated for best single. “[Being nominated] feels pretty weird still, mostly because we had never even thought this far ahead when we were in the process of creating the song,” Do said. “We just can’t help but smile when we see it, though. It’s an honor to even be up there with the rest of those bands.” Illustration by Nathan BurgessIllo / Daily Texan Staff plans to make money of of the website. “It’s not really meant to be profitable,” Kilagh- bian said. “It’s just help- ing me get my feet wet as far as web design and coding goes.” Since its launch in Octo- ber, the website has acquired more than 200 members. Radio-television-ilm fresh- man Chanelle Gibson re- cently joined the site ater hearing about it through the UT Class of 2017 Facebook page. “It’s hard to be forward with people in person when you don’t know what they’re looking for,” Gibson said. “It’s easier online when you do know what they’re looking for.” Unlike Gibson, who has not yet met anyone through the site, Adler said the site helped her make a connection. “Hook Up Horns did help me meet a guy I had a relationship with,” Adler said. “We met in person at a football game and later realized, through [Kilagh- bian], that we were mu- tual friends of his and had a 100 percent match on the website.” Kilaghbian wants to con- tinue pursuing the online dating market. He currently has plans to come out with a dating-themed app, but hopes Hook Up Horns will catch on with each new class of students. “In Texas, online dating hasn’t really taken a hold yet,” Kilaghbian said. “I think by introducing Hook Up Horns, as we move forward, it will get more and more popular with underclassmen who will be more comfortable with this kind of thing.” CITY Austin’s oldest needlepoint store opens in new location By Jack Ken @DailyTexanArts he irst needlepoint shop in Austin, he Needle Works, opened in 1978. Located in the 26 Doors Shopping Center near Se- ton Medical Center, the shop sat across the street from famous Santa Rita Cantina. the But the store came on hard times. he store went through a succession of proprietors. hen, in the late ’90s, Colleen Church bought and moved the store to its current location on Medical Parkway. “I decided to try some- thing new ater a decade in the real estate business,” Church said. Needle Works em- they attri- ployees said bute the store’s success to the in needlepointing across the general population. increased interest “Interest alternates cycli- cally between knitting and needlepoint,” Church said. “A few years ago, knitting was all the rage, and hardly anyone did needlepoint of any kind.” two forms are reaching a parity of sorts. “We’ve been seeing small upticks in the needlepoint community that don’t show any signs of diminishing,” Church said. Needle Works also has a teaching network that enables needlepoint- ers of all skill levels to come by the store and learn from each other and in-store teachers. Carol Wallin, a Needle Works employee, said be- cause other stores do not cater speciically to needle- point, they oten have prob- lems keeping a range of sup- plies in stock. “We have pretty much someone everything could for,” Wal- ask lin said. “And, if we don’t, we’ll order enough for the customer and anybody else who might ask for a specific thread.” The rise of the In- ternet has made it pos- sible for anyone to buy yarn and stitching sup- plies with ease, which has put more pressure on niche-oriented shops like Needle Works. Church noted that the “If brick-and-mortar Interest alternates cyclically between knitting and needle- point. A few years ago, knitting was all the rage, and hardly anyone did needle- point of any kind. —Colleen Church, Owner of The Needle Works stores vanish, venues for teaching new needlepoint- ers, venues for passing on valuable hands-on know- how, won’t exist any longer,” Church said. “It could very well mean the death of the art form.” But Church and oth- er needlepoint enthusi- asts look to the commu- nity’s response these to underlying problems. “here’s been a massive push in the past few years to support your local needle- point shop,” Church said. “To buy locally rather than from an Internet supplier a thousand miles away.” Illustration by Aaron Rodriguez / Daily Texan Staff